1853-O $20 MS (PCGS#8910)
Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7303
- 等级
- AU53
- 价格
- 118,647
- 详细说明
- Remarkably Well Preserved 1853-O Double Eagle
1853-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.
Offered is an important coin for the advanced double eagle or New Orleans Mint enthusiast, as relatively few 1853-O $20s survive from the mintage of 71,000 pieces, and very few grade finer than AU-50. This is a premium About Uncirculated example with vivid, original surfaces that retain plenty of lively mint luster. The strike is impressively sharp throughout the design, the surfaces displaying only the most trivial rub confirming a short stint in commerce. Virtually all known surviving 1853-O double eagles show some degree of circulation, and finding an example in such a high technical grade as AU-53 usually requires considerable patience and much persistence. Definitely a find for the advanced gold collector, the present 1853-O is in a grade high enough to attract an advanced specialist yet is much less expensive than a premium Mint State coin would be, if indeed you could find one.
New Orleans Mint double eagles were important to trade in their day - by steamboat up the Mississippi River connecting to inland cities and towns, and by sea to foreign countries. It is little wonder, then, that issues such as the 1853-O saw intense use, and suffered a high rate of attrition.
Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection - CBL Set.
CAC Population: 21 in all About Uncirculated grades; 1 in all Mint State grades.
PCGS# 8910. NGC ID: 268N.
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